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The Benefits of Socially-Oriented Happiness: Validation of the Interdependent Happiness Scale in the Philippines

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  • Jesus Alfonso D. Datu

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Ronnel B. King

    (The Hong Kong Institute of Education)

  • Jana Patricia M. Valdez

    (De La Salle University)

Abstract

Cultural theories of well-being emphasize the importance of establishing and maintaining satisfying interpersonal relationships to achieve happiness in collectivist societies. Yet, widely used measures of subjective well-being have failed to capture the social dimension of happiness. To address this research gap, Hitokoto and Uchida (2015) developed the Interdependent Happiness Scale (IHS), a measure of happiness that was based on interpersonal harmony, quiescence, and ordinariness. The current research assessed the psychometric validity of IHS among Filipino high school students (Study 1) and to examine the incremental validity of interdependent happiness over sense of relatedness in predicting well-being outcomes (Study 2). The results of Study 1 revealed that the hierarchical model of interdependent happiness with relationship oriented happiness, quiescent happiness, and ordinary happiness as first-order factors was applicable for Filipino high school students and the higher-order interdependent happiness construct had stronger predictive impact than each dimension on flourishing and life satisfaction. In Study 2, the hierarchical model of interdependent happiness was also supported and interdependent happiness was found to have incremental validity beyond sense of relatedness in optimizing well-being indices (i.e., flourishing and life satisfaction). The theoretical and practical implications of the results are elucidated.

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  • Jesus Alfonso D. Datu & Ronnel B. King & Jana Patricia M. Valdez, 2016. "The Benefits of Socially-Oriented Happiness: Validation of the Interdependent Happiness Scale in the Philippines," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 9(3), pages 631-649, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:9:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s12187-015-9333-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-015-9333-3
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    1. Yukiko Uchida & Vinai Norasakkunkit & Shinobu Kitayama, 2004. "Cultural constructions of happiness: theory and emprical evidence," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 5(3), pages 223-239, September.
    2. Ed Diener & Derrick Wirtz & William Tov & Chu Kim-Prieto & Dong-won Choi & Shigehiro Oishi & Robert Biswas-Diener, 2010. "New Well-being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 97(2), pages 143-156, June.
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    2. Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu & Allan B. I. Bernardo & Jana Patricia M. Valdez, 2021. "The Emotional Rewards of Valuing Happiness: A Longitudinal Study Among Filipino Adolescents," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(5), pages 1769-1779, October.
    3. Datu, Jesus Alfonso D. & Jose Mateo, Nino, 2020. "Character strengths, academic self-efficacy, and well-being outcomes in the Philippines: A longitudinal study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    4. İbrahim Demirci, 2022. "Family Harmony and Flourishing in Turkey: The Roles of Interdependent Happiness and Harmony in Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 985-1005, March.

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